Sampling device



Jan, 1l, 1949. H, E, GoETz 2,458,508

SAMPLING mmmv Filed Opt. 8, 1946 BY f VQ l ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 11, 41949 UNHTED STATES oFF-1GB *2,458,5oz`; t SAMPLING DEVICE. i l, `IJelnxf'ysE.Goetzflrooklyn,iN. i,

' Applicaiion october s,1946,'seria1No.-7n1.972

4 oiaims. (ci. vez-421) This invention relates to samplingdevicesin. n

general and more especially for devices for withf drawing for testing purposes and the like aI pre,-

of an automotive engine orvthe like.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed Vto provide an improved portable sam--` pling device which may with a minimum of eiort be connected to an air pressure line and to an oil reservoir such as the crankcase of an autofmotive engine for withdrawing andl collecting a predetermined quantity of oilto test the same or the like.

determined quantity of oil'from the crankcase These and other features, capabilities and ad?,

vantages of the present invention will appear from the subjoined detail description of one specic embodiment thereof illustrated in cross.

section in the accompanying drawings.r

In the drawings there is shown a main body I in the present instance formed of one piece and preferably composed of a casting having a chambered handle 2, at an angle to the barrel 3. TheV lower end of the handle 2 has an internally,

threaded opening 4 therein to receive the nipple 5 of the conduit 6, in the present instance shownV as the flexible rubber hose-of a source of air pressure, pump, or the like. At the conjunction,

of the handle 2 and barrel 3, in the present instance, there is formed a second internally screw threaded opening 'i to receive the nipplel of the conduit 9, in the present instance `shown as a ilexible metal hose, the free end of which is inserted into the inlet of an oil' reservoir such as the breather pipe I shown, illustrative of the breather pipe of an automobile engine.

At the rear end of the barrel 3 there'ivs formed an internally screw threaded opening II to receive the threads I2 of the centrally chambered closure member I3. At the inner end of --the opening II there is formed lva recess I4 adjacent an annular shoulder I5.v The` shoulder I5 `is adapted to receive the washer .I 6 with tliepack ing I 'I disposed between the washer I 6 and the closure member I3. The washer I6, packing II, and closure member I3 are provided with alined central openings I8, I9 and 20 to receive the stem 2|, connected at one end to the head 22 of the lever 23 provided with a projection 24 pivotally connected by the pin 25 to the parallel lips 26 extending from the rear end of the handle 2. The inner end of the stem 2l is provided with a yieldable disk 2l constituting a valve for engaging the annular edge 28 of the wall 29 having a chambered extension 30, the extension 30 having a converging opening 3| terminating in its front end inthe narrow opening The valve disk Z'Iis securedto thefront end of the stem 2| between the metal washer 33 and the cup 34 with the spring 35 disposed around the stem 2I between thegcup 34 and thewasher I6 normally and yieldablyto maintain thevalve 21 in engagement with the annular seat v28,*.and thereby to shut oicom-munication. from the chamber 36 tothe opening 3 1. Preferably as shown, there is formed Aan annular Achamber 31 around theextension30 which iszin communication with the diminished opening 38, which in-turn is incommunication with the diverging' opening 39 4in. communicationA with the enlarged opening 46.y Preferably at the lower endof the enlarged opening .40 there is provided a second opening 4I having an internally screw. thread 42 to vreceive the external screw thread-43 of `the rcontain`erz44. The container 44 preferably .is composed `of glass so that the contents vcanbe optically inspected. The frontl which the openingscorrespond to a sixty meshl screen. `This screen is. in disk form so thatA its annular edge rests in-the shoulder 46 adjacent to which there is `formed an annularv recess 41 toreceive'thesnapring 48.

`When itis desirous with this pump to With-v draw a Small quantity .of Oil from Vthe power oil chamber, ,suchas the crankcase of van automobile engine, it is only necessary to connect the conduitv f 6 of an air pressure line tol theinipple 5 to.at

tach the container 44 to the annulus or necky 49, to -insert the freexend.. of lthe conduit 9 through the breather pipe. I0 into the oil in the crankcase,

and then after turning-on-the air pressure de,

ecting .the handle 23 vSo that the. valve 2l` iis withdrawnfrom the seat v28gtol 'enable the air underpressure to pass'iromfthe conduit through the chamber `36 into-the' extension l30,;and from it outpast ,thezscreen 451` V-In' this way a-,Vacuum will be created in the usual way to suck in oil by means of the conduit 9 and direct it into the chamber 40. The mesh of the screen is such that only the air may pass through the same and the oil be restricted and deflected to flow down into the container 44. While it is conceivable that some infinitesimal particles may pass through the screen 45 with the air, practice has shown that this amount is so small as to be negligible.

After a sufficient amount of oil has vbeen so withdrawn from the crankcase, then either by optical inspection it can be determined whether the oil is still satisfactory or the contents subjected to other tests, such as viscosity, weight, or the like.

The enlarged chamber 40 cooperates with the diminished chamber 38 so to reduce the speed of flow of the stream of oil charged air that the Screen 4.5. will fuction, t Seearat@ the 951,1 par: ticles from theair'stlair'i. Iotli "wo'dsf'the screen will all'tiwh'e ''i'r to pass therethrough to obstruct the major portion of the oil and cause it to flow down into the container 44.

It is obvious that various changes and mdifl:

cations may be made to the details 9i constrnc: tion without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forthln the 'appended claims.

I claim:

l. The combination of a barrel and a chamber'ed han'dle,"a s'pring'pressed valve for 'interrupting communication from said handle to said barrel," a manually "operated lever operatively connected to said'valv'e to ope'the saine and establish communication "between saidmcha'i belted handle" an'd said ba'rel, said hamb'ered handle having an'inl`et,` a' conduit for connectingl said barrel'to a'powery oil'"reservoir,v saidb barrel having two outlets, a container connected to o ne of: said outlets to receive' oil erawnint's'aid'barrel by suction when said valve sopnedj anda screen for Asaid other, outlet to filter; the oil from the air stream passing therethrough.

2. The combination of 'a barrel having a rerstricted passage, anenlarged passage, and an outfwardly 'flaring passage connectingfsa'id restricted passage to said enlarged passage, a handle having a chamberiorined to- 'communicate with the restricted passage 'oisaid barrel, a normally closed valve for interrupting'communication' 'fiom the m chamber.' in said, handle t the restricted passage in said barrel, means for' actuating saidvalve' to establish communication between the chambervk in said handle to the restricted passage in sa'id bar.- itel, the chamber. in said handle having 'an' inlet, an air pressuresupply, line connected. to 's'aid inlet', theenlargle'd 'passage in said barrel having an inlet, a conduitor. connecting' said barrel 'inlet t the crankcase ofan' automobile engine, said barrel having two outlets,v a containeri`connected to 'one o'f said outlets 'to`"receive 'oil drawn 'into said barrel by th 's'uction'c'reated when said valve is opened, and a screen for said other. outlet to'lter` the oilffrom' the air stream passing therethrough and thus enable it to iiow into 'said container.

3. The combination ofa barrel having a restricted. passage,` 'an enlarged passagefand an outwardly flaring passage "connecting said' re,-

stricted passage to said enlarged' passage, a handle having a chamber formed to communicate 'with the restricted passage of said barrel, a normallyV closed valve. for'interiupting"communication troni the chamber in said handlev tothe restricted 'pans'- sage in said barrel, means for actuating said valve to establish communication between the chamber in said handle to the restricted passage in said barrel, the chamber in said handle having an inlet, an air pressure supply line connected to said inlet, the enlarged passage in said barrel having an inlet, a conduit for connecting said barrel inlet to the crankcase of an automobile engine, Seis barrel. harias two @atleta @1.1 @f Said Outlets being formed attlhe lower end oi the discharge end of the enlarged passage in said barrel, the pther outlet being formed beyond said rst named outlet, a container connected to said rst named outlet to receive the oil drawn into said barrel by the 'silction created when said barrel is opened, *nd'al screen for said other outlet to filter the oil from the air stream passing therethrough and thus enable it to flow into said container.

"41' The 'combination of a barrel having an enlarged chamber, a restricted passage in communication with said enlarged chamber, an outwardly nar-'ing passage in communication with said restricte'd"passage,` an enlarged passage in communication with said aring passage, a handle having a chamber, a chambered projection ext'e'ndin'g from said handle i'nto the enlarged chamber in' said barrel and formed to establish a communication between'the chamber in said handle and the enlarged chamber in said barrel, a normally closed valve for interrupting communicati'on'i-rom' the chamber in said handle to the chambered projection, means for actuating said valve to establish communication between the chamber in said handle to the chambered projection, said handle having an inlet, an air pres'- sure sipply'line ccnnected to said inlet, the enlarged chamber in said barrel having an inlet, a conduit' for connecting the inlet in said enlarged chamber to the crank'case of an automobile engine, said barrel having two outlets, one ofsaid outlets being formedat"the lower end of the discharge end bfthe enlarged passageV in said barrel, the other outlet being' formed beyond said rs't named outlet, a container connected tc said rst named outlet to receive the oill drawn into said barrel by the suction created when said barrel is opened', and a screen for said other outlet to nlterthe o il from the airstream passing therethrough and'thus enable it to flow into said containe'er.`

` HENRY E. @oar-z.

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